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Self-determination of people. Sexuality. Speech. Water and sanitation. v. t. e. Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Black power. Black feminism is a branch of feminism that focuses on the African-American woman's experiences and recognizes the intersectionality of racism and sexism . Black feminism philosophy centers on the idea that "Black women are inherently valuable, that [Black women's] liberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's but ...
The Progressive Friends, a radical Quaker group which supported women's empowerment, were formed shortly before the Seneca Falls Convention. The landmark 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration was in large part the work of Quaker women, and has numerous Quaker signatories, well out of proportion to the number of Quakers in American society at large.
The Philadelphia Ten. Members of the Philadelphia Ten at their Art Club of Philadelphia exhibition, January 28 – February 11, 1928. The Philadelphia Ten, also known as The Ten, was a group of American female artists who exhibited together from 1917 to 1945. The group, eventually numbering 30 painters and sculptors, exhibited annually in ...
Community. Community organizing is a process where people who live in proximity to each other or share some common problem [1] come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest.
Naked Women's Wrestling League: Howard Mann 2004–2009 Powerful Women of Wrestling: Indianapolis, Indiana: David McLane: 1987–1990 Rise Wrestling: Naperville, Illinois: Kevin Harvey 2016–2020 Sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes: Women's Extreme Wrestling Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dan Kowal, Greg Bagarozy, Steve Karel 2002–2008
Women's History Month is an annual observance to highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8, it is observed during October in Canada, corresponding with the celebration ...
In 1848 a group of women at Hunt House in Waterloo, New York, to plan the first women's conference. 19th century [ edit ] Seneca Falls Convention , 1848, Seneca Falls, New York, first women's rights convention